Lesotho: Further measures needed to ensure access to justice for persons with disabilities – New ICJ Report
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) today launched a new report titled “From Exclusion to Equality: Advancing Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities in Lesotho,” showing that while the Lesotho authorities have made substantial strides towards...
Lesotho: ICJ initiates project to combat sexual and gender-based violence
Today the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and local partners, the People’s Matrix and Seinoli Legal Centre, launched the Reform for Inclusion, Support and Empowerment (RISE) project in Maseru, to bolster the efforts of civil society in Lesotho in gaining...
Lesotho: ICJ makes a submission to the Universal Periodic Review
On 11 October 2024, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) made a submission to the UN Human Rights Council’s Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in advance of its consideration of Lesotho’s human rights record during the 49th session of the UPR in April and May 2025.
Lesotho: Ombudsman’s report reveals need for immediate action to deinstitutionalize persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities
In response to a highly critical report by the Lesotho Ombudsman, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and the Lesotho National Federation of Organizations of the Disabled (LNFOD) is calling on the responsible Lesotho authorities to take concrete measures to end the discriminatory detention and inhumane treatment of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in the Mohlomi Mental Hospital.
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